Qin and Han · Consort

Lady Nao 淖姬

Nao Ji

Attested BC 130

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Nao was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 130 易王死未葬
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 44

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Pengzu (彭祖)
consort 姬 · Concubinage
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 84
Spouse of Fei (非)
favored consort 寵美人 · Concubinage
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 44
Kin of Liu Jian (建)
illicit relations 姦
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 44

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 2 passages

易王死未葬，建有所說易王寵美人淖姬，夜使人迎與姦服舍中。 Before King Yi had even been laid to rest, Jian became enamored of the late king's favored consort, Lady Nao. Under cover of night he sent men to bring her to his quarters, where he took her as his own.

彭祖取笔江都易王寵姬王建所盜與姦淖姬者為姬，甚愛之。 Pengzu took as his own consort the very Lady Nao whom King Jian of Jiangdu had abducted from the late King Yi's inner palace and bedded unlawfully. Pengzu doted on her greatly.